Chapter 176 She's About to Give Birth
Zhou Ruiyuan looked carefully at the key in his hand and said slowly, "It's half true and half false, but it doesn't matter."
At this moment, the Third Prince also arrived. "Ruiyuan, if it is really as Steward Sun said, then even if we find evidence that Lord Wu framed your maternal grandfather, the Emperor probably will not overturn the case for your maternal grandfather."
Zhou Ruiyuan's eyes turned cold. "Not only will he not help us overturn the case, but if he finds out that we are not dead and that he has evidence that he sent someone to frame my maternal grandfather, he will probably kill us again for the sake of his own reputation."
The Third Prince nodded slightly. “Well, let’s not rush things. After you pass the imperial examination and obtain an official position in the court, we will find a way to expose the emperor’s true colors to the world.”
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded slowly.
The emperor's ruthlessness is well-known. He once doted on his mother, but in the end, he turned his back on her and even killed her three children. As for Consort Wu, although she was also ruthless, she was once deeply loved and favored, but now she has ended up in the cold palace.
He's a selfish and petty person.
The Third Prince then said to Zhou Ruiyuan, "When I returned to the palace a few days ago, I heard that the Emperor was looking for you. I don't know what possessed him, but he suddenly rekindled his old feelings for your mother and said he wanted to find you and your three children and take good care of you."
Zhou Ruiyuan sneered, "We'll take them back when we need them now, but when we don't need them anymore, they probably won't even leave us with our bones. Third Uncle, don't worry, he hasn't been my father since the assassination of my mother and me three years ago. He gave us half a life, but he took it away long ago."
The Third Prince was slightly taken aback by his words and comforted him, saying, "Ruiyuan, I'm taking care of your mother now, so you don't need to worry too much."
Zhou Ruiyuan's expression softened considerably. "Yes, Third Uncle, I know."
Du Wanchun listened from the side, then slowly turned and left. She touched her stomach and looked towards the capital with a cold gaze.
Back in the capital, Zhou Zhao's incense shop business is booming.
Before Du Wanchun and the others could deliver the gold to him, he used the money he had earned in the past few days to reopen an incense shop.
This incense shop is located near the palace. Although the location is not ideal, the palace carriages usually pass by here.
It is very convenient for monitoring what is happening in the palace.
Since Consort Wu was imprisoned in the Cold Palace, the Emperor has taken on several new favorites.
Although the people sent out to find the Empress and her son were still searching, he didn't ask as many questions as before.
Just as Zhou Ruiyuan guessed, people like the emperor only care about themselves and everyone else is actually dispensable.
Inside the Zhou family residence, Zhou Ruiyuan locked up Steward Sun for a full ten days.
Later, they sent Steward Sun back once, and then locked him up again.
Butler Sun didn't run away; he just obediently stayed locked up.
Of course, he couldn't just eat for free; he had to chop all the firewood for the family.
After chopping all day, my back and waist are aching.
As the search for them in Qingzhou Prefecture gradually subsided, the Zhou family began to live a more relaxed life.
Two months later, the family's new house was completed, and the newly opened rice shop also opened.
Because the previous patriarch of the Fang family liked their rice, he specially helped to open this rice shop.
On the day the rice shop opened, people flocked to buy rice.
Compared to incense shops, although the price wasn't as high, the number of people buying rice was dozens of times greater.
Du Wanchun had prepared more than 500 jin of rice, but it was all sold out in just ten days to half a month.
Fortunately, the rice grown on our land grows quickly, just enough to buy some.
As her belly grew bigger, Zhou Ruiyuan, worried about her, told her not to go to the shop anymore during the last month of her pregnancy.
Du Wanchun stopped insisting on going, as she could give birth prematurely at any time in the last month.
"Wanchun, come and sit down. Doctor Xu said you need to be careful these days," Aunt Zhou said as she came over.
Granny Zhuang also brought over some fruit, saying, "Yes, having many children can easily lead to premature birth."
Du Wanchun took a piece of fruit and smiled, "Mother, Granny, I'm fine. It doesn't seem like anything's wrong."
Granny Zhuang reached out and touched her belly. After a short while, she frowned slightly. "Oh dear, Wanchun, the baby in your belly is almost engaged."
"What do you mean?" Du Wanchun asked in surprise.
Granny Zhuang quickly stood up and said, "She's about to give birth."
"She's about to give birth?!" Aunt Zhou exclaimed in surprise, then frantically looked around. "I have to go tell Ruiyuan!"
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